Keepin' It Real In A Broken + Beautiful World

Keats may have coined the phrase, but I first heard it from Mary Poppins. Anyone else??

My relationship with beauty is somewhat, um, complex. I don’t think I ever truly appreciated beauty it in all its various and sundry iterations until recently. The topic is probably best saved for an more in-depth post on another day. That being said, I do have a great appreciation for beautiful art, especially sacred art, which has had a profound impact on me and my ministry.

Fast-forward to today, and I am blessed to share something beautiful with you, dear readers, and offer you something unexpected – an opportunity to partake in the beauty shared! What joy!

Saints for all Occasions notecards are based on a collection of vintage holy cards belonging to Fr. Eugene Carella and meticulously curated by Barbara Calamari and Sandra DiPasqua of novena.com.

One of the great things about these notecards, other than their striking beauty, is that there are an assortment of saints suitable to send for various occasions. Is your daughter going off to college? Give her St. Joan of Arc, patroness of bravery.

Or send St. Monica, Patron Saint of Mothers to your Mom as a pick-me-up. Or you could send (Feast Day alert) St. Teresa of Ávila (invoked for healing), St. Thomas Aquinas (Patron of Students), St. Vitus (Patron of Laughter – who knew?), St. Julian (Patron of Hospitality),

and many more. Each of the 20 cards features a different saint and comes with envelopes in a gorgeous foil-stamped box.

Can’t wait to get your hands on them, can you? Well, please be sure to follow this blog if you don’t already and comment below for your chance to win your own box of notecards! The first 50 commenters* on this post, will also receive the novena app (for iPhone) for free, through the kindness of Sandra diPasqua, who is probably one of the most generous people I’ve never met in real life! Thank you so very, very much, Sandy!

I’ll announce the notecard winner on October 15th, in honor of St. Teresa of Avila’s Feast Day. Purchase now on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Those are beautiful Heather! I love the vintage look. Where do you like to get your sacred art? I was really loving the work from Monastery Icons but then someone told me the church doesn’t approve them because of some wonky ceremony they use when they make them. This makes me sad because it was a great (and affordable) way for me to get Catholic art.

I am so excited about these cards! I love having good, Catholic art cards to send to people. Sending notes is becoming a lost art in itself. Thanks for alerting us to their existence, and I am definitely going to get a set!

Welcome, Folks!

Hi, there! I'm Heather (aka Real Catholic Mom) - a Christ-seeker, wife, mama of five amazing and challenging kiddos. I'm an iced coffee-drinker and unabashed Catholic revert n a Mission from God to live faithfully and joyfully while keepin' it REAL in the missionary territory of the Pacific Northwest. Welcome!